ERIC Number: EJ1138840
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-2222-1735
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The Impact of an Instructional Program on Students' Proficiency of English Vocational Terms
A-Momani, Mufadi; Ababneh, Sana'
Journal of Education and Practice, v8 n8 p154-159 2017
The present study aimed at investigating the effect of an instructional program on vocational educational students' proficiency of vocational educational terms in English. The study sample consisted of 60 male and female students from Al-Balqa'a Applied University, Jordan. Moreover, the study investigated the effect the students' gender and secondary school stream on their performance after receiving the vocational instructional program. Findings revealed that the instructional program had a positive effect on students' achievement and awareness of the vocational terms in English and both their gender and secondary school stream influenced their achievement, since female students did better than male students, and students from the academic stream were better than their counterparts from the vocational stream.
Descriptors: Vocational Education, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, College Students, College Second Language Programs, Gender Differences, Prior Learning, Academic Achievement, Multiple Choice Tests, Language Tests, Pretests Posttests, Statistical Significance, Familiarity, Vocabulary Development, Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Jordan
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